History and PurposeEstablished in 1994 by CORD and the National Tech Prep Network, the Exemplary Worksite Learning Award was created to encourage partnerships between education and business to integrate meaningful worksite learning opportunities into their programs. For the 2007 award, the name was changed to the Daniel M. Hull and Dale P. Parnell Partnerships Excellence Award in honor of two visionaries who promoted student academic and career success for more than three decades. The award continues under the banner of the National Career Pathways Network.

SponsorsShortly after the award began, Caterpillar Inc. began providing financial support for the award. This sponsor relationship has continued uninterrupted for more than a dozen years.

In 2006, Texas Instruments announced that it would join Caterpillar as a co-sponsor of the award. Texas Instruments involvement gave additional prestige to the award and allow award amounts to be increased.

1st Place
Health Sciences Program
Brunswick County Scools/Brunswick Community College Tech Prep Consortium
Brunswick County, North Carolina
Contact: Jerry Smith, jsmith@bcswan.net, coordinator of the Center for Advanced Studies, Brunswick County Schools and Brunswick Community College.

2nd Place
"It's In The Bank" Financial Literacy Program
Northwestern Regional High School #7 and Northwest Community Bank
Winsted, Connecticut
Contact: Kathy Deasy, kdeasy@nwr7.org, business education teacher and assistant department chair for business education, Northwestern Regional High School #7.

3rd Place
Aviation Engineering & Technology Youth Apprenticeship Program
Savannah-Chatham Public School System and Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Savannah, Georgia
Contact: Derrick Muhammad, derrick.muhammad@sccpss.com, director of career technical education, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:Eligibility
NCPN members affiliated with Career Pathways or Tech Prep programs that contain schoolsite and worksite components.

Review ProcessApplications will be judged by the NCPN Advisory Board.Judges will consider the elements of only one program of study in reviewing your application.

Application FormatType on white 8½" by 11" paper.
Double-spaced and paginated.
Use a minimum of 10 point font with 1" margins.
Maximum of eight pages of program narrative and five pages of supportive documents. Additional pages will not be included as part of the evaluation. (Applicants may include table of contents and title page outside of the guidelines mentioned.)
Applications not meeting these requirements will be disqualified and returned to the applicant.